Safina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-FEE-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Safina is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “ship, boat”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Safina mean?
Arabic
“ship, boat”
In Arabic, Noah's Ark is called Safinat Nuh, 'the ship of Noah'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Safina a girl's or a boy's name?
Safina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Safina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Safina, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Safina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Safina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 17 | #1,227 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Safina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Safina, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Safina in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Safina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Safina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Hafsa, Nusaybah, Safaa, Rahma, Sumayyah, Hiba, Rumaysa, Sabiha, Halima, Humaira
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Safina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/safina, updated 20 October 2026.